20 May 2012. Abu Shouk: Fakih (Master) Ahmed Ibrahim teaches Koran to children in Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced persons. To become a Fahik in Darfur and to be able to practice traditional medicine it is mandatory to memorize the holy book completely. Children start very young repeating the senteces of Koran again and again.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

30 May 20012. Forog: Girls from Forog, in Insuro area (North Darfur), welcome the arrival of a UNAMID delegation with a handwriting banner. The area, currently controlled by the rebel movement Sudan Liberation Army (Abdul Wahid faction), is reported by the local population to suffer a serious shortage of water and medicines.

The UNAMID deputy Joint Special Representative, Aichatou Mindaoudou, has visited the community today to officially open a clinic and three schools in Forog, Endero, Misteria and Deleba that have been sponsored by UNAMID.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran

31 October 2011. El Fasher: A baby just born today at 12pm at El Fasher Women's Hospital (North Darfur, Sudan).

United Nations marked the world's population reaching 7 billion today 31 October. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in his message: “Some say our planet is too crowded. I say we are seven billion strong.

Sudan’s population reaches 33 million persons, with approximately 6 million living in Darfur’s three states.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

8 December 2012. El Fasher: Two men receive free medication from the pharmacy at the Emergency Area in El Fasher Hospital, North Darfur. More than 500 patients visit the hospital everyday and they are assisted first by 4 emergency doctors during the day. At night time, only one is on duty.

The population of El Fasher has increased enormously for the last years due to the arrival of Internally Displaced Persons at the outskirts of the city and it became a problem of capacity for the hospital.

Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.

21 June 20012. Abu Shouk: Fakih (master on traditional medicine), Sidig Ahmad Mohamed, assists a client with mental illness with a traditional treatment. The client has to smell the smoke that comes up from a piece of paper (with Koran sentences written on it) fired with charcoal, roots from Sudan and species from India. This treatment usually costs between 100-200 Sudanese pounds (20-40 US dollars), depending on the level of the sickness. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

21 June 20012. Abu Shouk: Fakih (master on traditional medicine), Sidig Ahmad Mohamed, assists a client with mental illness with a traditional treatment. The client has to smell the smoke that comes up from a piece of paper (with Koran sentences written on it) fired with charcoal, roots from Sudan and species from India. This treatment usually costs between 100-200 Sudanese pounds (20-40 US dollars), depending on the level of the sickness. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

3 November 2011. Dar El Salaam: UNAMID in collaboration with the North Darfur Committee on Women organizes an open day session on the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security in Dar El Salaam, North Darfur. The purpose of the activity was to discuss the progress made in the State with regards to women’s issues.

The forum, which was attended by 80 participants including Government representatives, women leaders and UNAMID officials, identified the possible impact of the resolution on daily life and key areas including protection, women’s rights, participation in the peace process, training for midwives and socio-economic empowerment.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

11 December 2012. Kabkabiya: Students taking classes in one of the old rooms in poor conditions of the Nuru Salam Basic School for Boys in Kabkabiya, North Darfur. The UNAMID Rwandan Battalion 31 built 4 new classes for the center as a Quick Impact Project in 2011.

This school has 2,700 students (mostly residents in camps for Internally Displaced Persons) and 23 teachers. Many students don't have proper conditions to take classes yet and more concret buildings are needed. Most of the classes are currently attended by over 100 students each and there is no chairs and tables for everyone.

Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.

11 December 2012. Kabkabiya: Students play in front of the 2 new classrooms that the UNAMID Rwandan Battalion 31 built as a Quick Impact Project in 2011 for the Al Salam Basic School for Girls in Kabkabiya, North Darfur.

This school has over 2,000 students (mostly residents in camps for Internally Displaced Persons). Many students don't have proper conditions to take classes yet and more concrete buildings are needed. Most of the classes are currently attended by over 100 students each and there is no chairs and tables for everyone.

Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.

14 July 2011. Sehjanna: Returned families arrive to their original village and greet their relatives. More than 200 displaced families (about 800 people) are returning from Aramba to their original village, Sehjanna (100 kilometers distance).After more than seven years in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Aramba (near Kabkabiya, North Darfur) they decided to participate at this voluntary repatriation program organized by UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission, with the logistical support of UNAMID. The families are farmers who fled their original village in Sehjanna (near Kutum, North Darfur) due to the conflict in Darfur.

The return operation started on Sunday 10 July and will continue for the next days. The returnees are transported by buses and their belongings by trucks for about 10 hours. During the trip, the Rwandan and South African UNAMID troops are escorting the returnees, who are also provided with water jerry cans. World Food Program will provide the returnees with food for the first six months.

This is the largest returnee operation organized in North Darfur for the last years.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

2 August 2012. El Fasher: A UNAMID peacekeeper, Formed Police Unite (FPU) member from Indonesia, returns to the base in UNAMID headquarters in El Fasher (North Darfur) after an evening patrol.

Indonesia has around 150 FPU policemen deployed in Darfur to provide escort and security to UNAMID, UN agencies and any other aid organization, as to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Abu Shouk and Zam Zam camps.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

30 March 2011. Buru (West Darfur): UNAMID Peacekeepers from Thailand on patrol in Buru market (more than 50 km to the south of the team site in Muhkjar) controlled by the Government forces. This is the first time that many villagers see blue helmets in Buru due to difficulties of access. Local leaders complain due to the lack of water, education and health system (the nearest clinic is 30 km away). Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID

25 July 2012. Gereida: A truck carries firewood collected from the forest outside Gereida (South Darfur) during the rainy season.

The area is controlled by the Government of Sudan forces. In May, the rebel movement occupied Gereida for 24 hours after a big clash that destroyed the telecommunications of the city and several buildings.

UNAMID has deployed a battalion from Ethiopia (more than 800 soldiers) that assures the protection of civilians.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

13 July 2011. Aramba: Families are uploading their belongings in a truck. More than 200 displaced families (about 800 people) are returning from Aramba to their original village, Sehjanna (100 kilometers distance).After more than seven years in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Aramba (near Kabkabiya, North Darfur) they decided to participate at this voluntary repatriation program organized by UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission, with the logistical support of UNAMID. The families are farmers who fled their original village in Sehjanna (near Kutum, North Darfur) due to the conflict in Darfur.

The return operation started on Sunday 10 July and will continue for the next days. The returnees are transported by buses and their belongings by trucks for about 10 hours. During the trip, the Rwandan and South African UNAMID troops are escorting the returnees, who are also provided with water jerry cans. World Food Program will provide the returnees with food for the first six months.

This is the largest returnee operation organized in North Darfur for the last years.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

5 August 2012. El Fasher: UNAMID peacekeeper sergeant Jaji Muhaji of the Indonesia's Formed Police Unite (FPU) stands in a ward tower at the UNAMID CPC (Community Policing Center) in Abu Shouk camp for Internally Displaced Persons (North Darfur).

Indonesia has around 150 FPU policemen deployed in Darfur to provide escort and security to UNAMID, UN agencies and any other aid organization, as to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Abu Shouk and Zam Zam camps.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

2 January 2012. Kuma Garadayat: The UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative (Political), Aichatou Mindaoudou Souleymane, meets the community leaders of Kuma Garadayat (North Darfur).

Mindaoudou officially presented to the population the new UNAMID Quick Impact Project (QIT) on the construction of a new school with 14 classrooms for girls and boys, a clinic, a youth center and a women center. The execution of this project will start in one month by the Senegalese Engineering battalion based in the UNAMID team site in Korma.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

3 February 2011.Addis Ababa (Ethiopia): UN Under Secretary General, Susana Malcorra and (behind) UNAMID Joint Special Representative Ibrahim Gambari, at the meeting of Tripartite Mechanism in African Union Head Quarters in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID

30 May 20012. Forog: A member of the rebel movement Sudan Liberation Army (Abdul Wahid faction), wearing hijabs, escorts the population in Forog (North Darfur) during the arrival of a UNAMID delegation who came to officially open a new clinic. The mission has also sponsored the construction of three new schools in the same area (Endero, Misteria and Deleba).

The local population reported a serious shortage of water and medicines during their meeting with the UNAMID deputy Joint Special Representative, Aichatou Mindaoudou.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran

28 March 2012. Forog: A member of the rebel movement Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) - Abdul Wahid, escorts the delivery of 30,000 liters of water for the local population by the UNAMID troops from South Africa.

The peacekeepers transported two trucks with 30,000 liters of water for the local population (9,000 people) to be able to build a clinic.

The area is controlled by the rebel movement SLA / Abdul Wahid and, according to the community leaders, there is a serious lack of water.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

17 November 2011. El Fasher: Wofa Adam Ishak (18) and Issam Ibrahim Ahmad (20), both blind and members of the center of the Sudanese Association for Disabled People in El Fasher. The organization takes care of all disabled people in Darfur.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

8 December 2012. El Fasher: Mohammed Abbas, director of the Blood Bank in El Fasher Hospital, North Darfur, is pictured with a medical staff (right) and a blood donnor (left). More than 500 patients visit the hospital everyday and they are assisted first by 4 emergency doctors during the day. At night time, only one is on duty.

The population of El Fasher has increased enormously for the last years due to the arrival of Internally Displaced Persons at the outskirts of the city and it became a problem of capacity for the hospital.

Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.

21 June 20012. Abu Shouk: "Fakih" (master on traditional medicine), Sidig Ahmad Mohamed, prepares a treatment against mental illnesses. The client has to smell the smoke that comes up from a piece of paper (with Koran sentences written on it) fired with charcoal, roots from Sudan and species from India. This treatment usually costs between 100-200 Sudanese pounds (20-40 US dollars), depending on the level of the sickness. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID - www.albertgonzalez.net

11 December 2012. Kabkabiya: Students taking classes in one of the old rooms in poor conditions of the Al Salam Basic School for Girls in Kabkabiya, North Darfur. The UNAMID Rwandan Battalion 31 built 2 new classes for the center as a Quick Impact Project in 2011.

This school has over 2,000 students (mostly residents in camps for Internally Displaced Persons). Many students don't have proper conditions to take classes yet and more concrete buildings are needed. Most of the classes are currently attended by over 100 students each and there is no chairs and tables for everyone.

Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.

14 July 2011. Kabkabiya: Returnee families take a break during the trip. 14 July 2011. Aramba (Kabkabiya): Families are accomodated in buses right before the departure. More than 200 displaced families (about 800 people) are returning from Aramba to their original village, Sehjanna (100 kilometers distance).After more than seven years in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Aramba (near Kabkabiya, North Darfur) they decided to participate at this voluntary repatriation program organized by UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission, with the logistical support of UNAMID. The families are farmers who fled their original village in Sehjanna (near Kutum, North Darfur) due to the conflict in Darfur.

The return operation started on Sunday 10 July and will continue for the next days. The returnees are transported by buses and their belongings by trucks for about 10 hours. During the trip, the Rwandan and South African UNAMID troops are escorting the returnees, who are also provided with water jerry cans. World Food Program will provide the returnees with food for the first six months.

This is the largest returnee operation organized in North Darfur for the last years.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID - www.albertgonzalez.net

2 August 2012. El Fasher: Two UNAMID peacekeepers, Formed Police Unite (FPU) members from Indonesia, break the Ramadan fast at the evening in the mosque at the base in UNAMID headquarters in El Fasher (North Darfur).

Indonesia has around 150 FPU policemen deployed in Darfur to provide escort and security to UNAMID, UN agencies and any other aid organization, as to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Abu Shouk and Zam Zam camps.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

7 October 2010. El Fasher: Security Council delegation visits UNAMID Camp in El Fasher. In the picture, from left to right, Uganda Ambassador Ruhakana Rugunda, UK Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant and US Ambassador Susan Rice. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / Unamid

03 October 2012. El Geneina: A UNAMID peacekepeer recovers at the UNAMID hospital in El Geneina from the injures that he suffered in an ambush yesterday night.

Four peacekeepers were killed and eight injured in this ambush by unidentified assailants.

The incident, which involved a Nigerian military patrol, occurred approximately two kilometers from the Mission's regional headquarters.

UNAMID personnel, who were heavily fired upon from several directions, returned fire.

Photo By - Albert González Farran - UNAMID

11 December 2012. Kabkabiya: Students taking classes in one of the old rooms in poor conditions of the Al Salam Basic School for Girls in Kabkabiya, North Darfur. The UNAMID Rwandan Battalion 31 built 2 new classes for the center as a Quick Impact Project in 2011.

This school has over 2,000 students (mostly residents in camps for Internally Displaced Persons). Many students don't have proper conditions to take classes yet and more concrete buildings are needed. Most of the classes are currently attended by over 100 students each and there is no chairs and tables for everyone.

Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.

5 August 2012. El Fasher: UNAMID peacekeepers of the Indonesia's Formed Police Unit perform Christian prayers at their base in UNAMID headquarters in El Fasher.

Indonesia has around 150 FPU policemen deployed in Darfur to provide escort and security to UNAMID, UN agencies and any other aid organization, as to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Abu Shouk and Zam Zam camps.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

18 April 2012. Abu Shouk: Small girls from Abu Shouk camp for Internal Displaced People (IDP), North Darfur, dance and sing in front of the UNAMID Force Commander Lt General Patrick Nyamumbwa to celebrate the opening ceremony of ten new classrooms in three primary schools in Abu Shouk camp for Internal Displaced People (North Darfur). The rooms have been built for the last five months by the UNAMID Rwandan battalion 29 as part of a Quick Impact Project (QIP).

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

18 March 2011. Fanga Suk: A member of the coalition of rebel forces (SLA Minni Minawi, SLA Abdul Wahid and LJM) who control Fanga Suk village, in East Jebel Marra (West Darfur), 88 kilometres West Tawilla. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID

30 March 2011. Buru (West Darfur): A sick children in Buru with a serious eyes infection wears a collection of "hijabs", the traditional leather amulets. Buru is located more than 50 km south of Muhkjar, where a contingent of peacekeerpers from Thailand are based. This is the first time that many villagers see blue helmets in Buru due to difficulties of access. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID

7 October 2010. El Fasher: Security Council delegation visits UNAMID Camp in El Fasher. In the picture, UK Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / Unamid

7 April 2011. El Fasher: The Rwandan community in UNAMID organized the 17th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi hold in Super Camp - RWANBATT 25 Military Camp (El Fasher). Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID

14 November 2011. Um Baro: Senegalese soldiers training at the UNAMID team site in Um Baro (North Darfur).

860 troops from Senegal are posted in Um Baro where they assume the responsibility of the security of the area. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID - www.albertgonzalez.net

07 October 2012. El Daein: UNAMID personnel on a truck participate at the cleaning exercise at the college campus of the University of El Daein, East Darfur. UNAMID Military, FPU, Civilian personnel, Civilian Police, language assistances, GoS military and police, women representatives, college students, teachers and other parts of the local community participated in this activity.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

07 October 2012. El Daein: UNAMID peacekeepers from Nigeria participate at the cleaning exercise at the college campus of the University of El Daein, East Darfur. UNAMID Military, FPU, Civilian personnel, Civilian Police, language assistances, GoS military and police, women representatives, college students, teachers and other parts of the local community participated in this activity.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

18 March 2011. Fanga Suk: A member of the coalition of rebel forces (SLA Minni Minawi, SLA Abdul Wahid and LJM) who control Fanga Suk village, in East Jebel Marra (West Darfur), 88 kilometres West Tawilla. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID

24 October 2012. El Fasher: Members of the Falata tribe perform a traditional dance in Al Zubir stadium in El Fasher, North Darfur, as part of the commemoration program of the United Nations Day.

UNAMID, UN agencies and the people of Darfur gathered in El Fasher, North Darfur, to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the UN with a special parade, cultural dances, peace songs and exhibitions to promote the principles of the organisation. Similar events were held throughout Darfur.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

17 May 2012. Abu Shouk: Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed (37 years) writes sentences of the Koran on a board in his house in Abu Shouk camp for displaced people (North Darfur). He is a "fakih", a master who practices traditional medicine and rituals to treat people against any threat. His speciality is the popular potion made with water and the ink used to write sentences from the Koran. This beverage gives special protection to the people (against arms, dangers, diseases, broken heart...).

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

13 July 2011. Aramba: Families are uploading their belongings in a truck. More than 200 displaced families (about 800 people) are returning from Aramba to their original village, Sehjanna (100 kilometers distance).After more than seven years in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Aramba (near Kabkabiya, North Darfur) they decided to participate at this voluntary repatriation program organized by UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission, with the logistical support of UNAMID. The families are farmers who fled their original village in Sehjanna (near Kutum, North Darfur) due to the conflict in Darfur.

The return operation started on Sunday 10 July and will continue for the next days. The returnees are transported by buses and their belongings by trucks for about 10 hours. During the trip, the Rwandan and South African UNAMID troops are escorting the returnees, who are also provided with water jerry cans. World Food Program will provide the returnees with food for the first six months.

This is the largest returnee operation organized in North Darfur for the last years.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

18 August 2010. EL Fasher: Women in El Fasher but originally from Kutum pray together during Ramadan. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / Unamid

9 January 2011. Nyala (South Darfur): South Sudan Referendum Comission (SSRC) staff member close a ballot in Giyada polling center, in Nyala (South Darfur) before starting the first day of referendum. This polling center has the largest number of registered South Sudanese voters in Darfur (almost 3,.500). In all Darfur, there are around 20,000 registered people (mostly based in the South) and 20 polling centres.

Around four million southern Sudanese began to vote in the referendum today to decide whether the region should remain united with the north or secede to establish an independent state. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID

11 December 2012. Kabkabiya: Students in one of the 2 new classrooms that the UNAMID Rwandan Battalion 31 built as a Quick Impact Project in 2011 for the Al Salam Basic School for Girls in Kabkabiya, North Darfur.

This school has over 2,000 students (mostly residents in camps for Internally Displaced Persons). Many students don't have proper conditions to take classes yet and more concrete buildings are needed. Most of the classes are currently attended by over 100 students each and there is no chairs and tables for everyone.

Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.

11 December 2012. Kabkabiya: Students taking classes in one of the old rooms in poor conditions of the Al Salam Basic School for Girls in Kabkabiya, North Darfur. The UNAMID Rwandan Battalion 31 built 2 new classes for the center as a Quick Impact Project in 2011.

This school has over 2,000 students (mostly residents in camps for Internally Displaced Persons). Many students don't have proper conditions to take classes yet and more concrete buildings are needed. Most of the classes are currently attended by over 100 students each and there is no chairs and tables for everyone.

Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.

24 January 2012. El Fasher: A nurse is assisting a newborn baby at the Maternity Hospital in El Fasher (North Darfur).

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID - UNAMID - www.albertgonzalez.net

28 March 2012. Forog: A member of the rebel movement Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) - Abdul Wahid, escorts the delivery of 30,000 liters of water for the local population by the UNAMID troops from South Africa.

The peacekeepers transported two trucks with 30,000 liters of water for the local population (9,000 people) to be able to build a clinic.

The area is controlled by the rebel movement SLA / Abdul Wahid and, according to the community leaders, there is a serious lack of water.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID - www.albertgonzalez.net

09 October 2012. El Daein: A local man collects jerry cans at the water point in El Daein, East Darfur. Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

26 September 2011. Um Kadada: UNAMID Egyptian troops posted in Um Kadada (North Darfur) patrol in Hali Mussa (North-West of Um Kadada) and distribute water and flour to the local population. Every day, the Egyptian battalion distribute more than 400 liters of water as part of their confidence building activity.

860 troops from Egypt are posted in Um Kadada where they assume the responsibility of the security. However, since 2010, this area is free of clashes and there is no camps for displaced people. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

2 August 2012. El Fasher: (right) UNAMID peacekeeper captain Afrizal Asri, Formed Police Unite (FPU) member from Indonesia, gives the last words to their squad members at the base in UNAMID headquarters in El Fasher (North Darfur) after an evening patrol.

Indonesia has around 150 FPU policemen deployed in Darfur to provide escort and security to UNAMID, UN agencies and any other aid organization, as to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Abu Shouk and Zam Zam camps.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID